The Ministry of Health will very soon decide whether to allow all ages to be vaccinated • On Sunday, another shipment of half a million Pfizer vaccines will arrive in Israel • Pregnant women have begun to be vaccinated
The Ministry of Health is examining the opening of the vaccination campaign to the entire population.
Last night a discussion was held on the subject and another discussion is expected to take place today (Thursday).
This is against the background of the public's response to the vaccines so far, pressure from the HMOs and the fact that another half a million Pfizer vaccines will arrive in Israel on Sunday, and that there is no stock problem.
The population began to be vaccinated with the second dose of corona vaccine // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon, newsenders
Yesterday, there was tension between the Ministry of Health and the Clalit and Meuhedet HMOs when they lowered the age for vaccination from 40 to 35, without the approval of the Ministry of Health.
Clalit explained that they have the ability to vaccinate up to 100,000 people per day and "in order not to waste vaccination capabilities" opened the computer system for scheduling appointments for this age as well.
Prof. Manfred Green, head of the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa and a member of the committee that prioritizes corona vaccines, believes that the vaccination campaign should focus on the unvaccinated elderly population and the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors, where the immunization rate is lower, before vaccinating a young population.
"In populations over the age of 60, 100-90 percent vaccination should be reached."
Meanwhile, yesterday many pregnant women came to get vaccinated, after being added to the priority group.
Liat Leviner (40), in the 34th week of her pregnancy, was vaccinated at Clalit's vaccination center in Netanya: "I decided that exposure to the disease was much, much more dangerous."
